Forest edges influence more than half of the world's forests and contribute to worldwide
declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, predicting these declines is …

The Caatinga is the largest seasonal dry tropical forest in South America and it has been
historically neglected in terms of its biodiversity. Regarding lizards, different studies led to …

Many studies propose that Quaternary climatic cycles contracted and/or expanded the
ranges of species and biomes. Strong expansion–contraction dynamics of biomes presume …

Identification of mechanisms that promote variation in life-history traits is critical to
understand the evolution of divergent reproductive strategies. Here we compiled a large life …

Although the relationship between dietary and phenotypic specialization has been well
documented for many vertebrate groups, it has been stated that few such general trends can …

We summarize thermal-biology data of 69 species of Amazonian lizards, including mode of
thermoregulation and field-active body temperatures (Tb). We also provide new data on …

We examined the relative roles of contemporary (species interactions) and historical factors
(phylogeny) in structuring a lizard assemblage (14 species) from one of the last remaining …

We studied the ecology of the lizard Cnemidophorus ocellifer Spix 1825 in the central
Brazilian Cerrado. Cnemidophorus ocellifer was active on open ground, in sandy soils and …

We used null model analyses to investigate the existence of structure in lizard assemblages
from open vegetation enclaves in Rondónia, southwestern Amazonia, in relation to species …

Myrmecophagy is one of the most common dietary specializations among vertebrates. Ants
are an important food resource for many lizard species. Here, we use a large dataset on ant …